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US President Donald Trump meets Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington DC, April 7, 2025

'We will begin direct talks with Iran on Saturday,' Trump says at meeting with Netanyahu

The two discussed Iran, the hostages, Gaza, and tariffs. Trump said direct talks with Iran will begin on Saturday.

US President Donald Trump meets Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington DC, April 7, 2025

Netanyahu and Trump meet at White House, set to speak in Oval Office

Illustrative image of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ronen Bar

Is a constitutional crisis brewing in Israel over Shin Bet head's dismissal?

People wave the Palestinian flag during protests outside the Imam Muhammad Abdel-Wahhab Mosque in Doha, Qatar, October 20, 2023

Qatari-based council: ‘Armed Jihad against Israel an obligation’

Breaking News

Remaining Afghanistan, Yemen aid hit by new Trump administration cuts, sources say

Netanyahu responsible for cabinet leaks to media, PMO confirms

Press conference between Netanyahu and Trump canceled

Top News

Palestinian businessman Bashar Masri.

Oct. 7 victims sue mogul for using USAID-funded site to aid Hamas tunnels

By MICHAEL STARR

IDF troops operating in northern Gaza, April 4, 2025.

British lawyers file war crimes complaint against 10 British citizens who served in IDF

By MICHAEL STARR

Student falls to death at Tunisian institution after attempting to hang Palestinian flag

Tunisian student falls to death after attempting to hang Palestinian flag

By MATHILDA HELLER

Turkey’s shift: Why is Erdogan downplaying Israel-Syria tensions?

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

People take part in a protest outside Columbia University following the school's concessions ot the Trump administration over pro-Palestinian protests, March 24, 2025 in New York City. (Kena Betancur/VIEWpress via Getty Images)

Four Columbia students lose visas, join over 50 across US in crackdown

By MATHILDA HELLER , MICHAEL STARR

Israel at War

Israelis watch the release of hostages from Hamas captivity as part of a deal between Israel and Hamas, at Hostage square in Tel Aviv, February 22, 2025.

Egypt submits hostage ceasefire proposal, Hamas delegation en route to Cairo

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF , AMICHAI STEIN

The tunnel in Rafah, Gaza Strip, where six hostages were murdered by Hamas. September 10, 2024.

Hostage families report reveals suffering of living hostages in Gaza

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar kissing Hassan Eslaiah; A photograph taken by Gaza photojournalist Hassan Eslaiah.

IDF targets Hamas terrorist who documented breach on Oct. 7, posed as journalist

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Hamas terrorists against the backdrop of a damaged car and street in Ashkelon after ten rockets was fired from Gaza into Israel on April 6, 2025. (illustration)

'We still have capabilities that should worry Israel,' Hamas spokesman says

By LIRAN HARONI

A boy sits as Palestinians gather to receive aid provided by UNRWA including food supplies, after Israel says it has ceased entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, outside a distribution center, at Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza Strip, March 2, 2025.

'We won't transfer aid to Hamas': IDF denies Israel will resume Gaza aid

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Hot Opinion

The IDF must be more transparent when innocent Gazans are killed

By JPOST EDITORIAL

Qatar’s contradictions: Islamist terror ties and Western military alliances

By NEVILLE TELLER

Qatargate raises unsettling questions over Netanyahu’s close entourage

By SUSAN HATTIS ROLEF

Not deep state, but dark state: When bureaucrats overrule Israeli democracy

By YISRAEL MEDAD

When the opposition becomes the enemy: How the US, Israel are failing at democracy

By SHERWIN POMERANTZ

Israel News

Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet security services attends a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, as Israel marks the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day. May 5, 2024

High Court hears arguments for, against firing of Bar

By SARAH BEN-NUN , ELIAV BREUER

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former prime minister Naftali Bennett. (Illustrative)

Netanyahu asked Shin Bet to block Bennett from security cabinet, former chief reveals

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A ‘loyalist’ Shin Bet head could dismantle democracy, IDI VP says

By ELIAV BREUER

Terror suspects arrested on Highway 1, April 7, 2025.

Security forces arrest 10 bombing terror suspects after Highway 1 car chase

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks in the Knesset plenum, in Jerusalem, March 25, 2025

High Court cannot force government to retain Bar as Shin Bet head, says Smotrich

By ELIAV BREUER

Analyses & Features

IFCJ PRESIDENT Yael Eckstein (center) visits a shelter in Kiryat Shmona. ‘I think it’s a very incorrect assumption to feel or think that we, in the rest of Israel, are not connected to what’s happening there.’

NGOs see dramatic increase in financial assistance requests from young people

By AVIHAI CHIIM

Plane flying over Tehran airport.

Fear in the sky: How to avoid flying over enemy territory, what to do if you land there

By DR. ITAY GAL

Will Iranian-backed militias in Iraq disarm over fear of Trump?

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

From the road to the top for Hapoel Tel Aviv

By JOSHUA HALICKMAN

Brigadier-General Sagiv Dahan addressing the crowd at his induction as CO 162nd Division, April 6, 2025.

Sagiv Dahan assumes role as head of IDF's 162nd Division, operating in Gaza

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Elegance & Excellence

50 Influential Jews

Ono Conversation Corner

Real Estate Listings

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) successfully completed a series of tests on the Barak medium-range surface-to-air missile (MRSAM) system in India.

IAI successfully tests Barak missile system in India

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A group of King Penguins walk along a snow-covered path, January 18, 2010.

Pay up penguins: Why did the Trump administration apply tariffs to uninhabited islands?

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD , REUTERS

BANK OF Israel headquarters in Jerusalem: Israel’s favorable environment for economic development has been accompanied by an impressive improvement in the country’s credit rating, say the writers.

Bank of Israel keeps interest rates steady after Gaza conflict resumes

By STEVEN SCHEER/ REUTERS

US President Donald Trump delivers remarks on tariffs alongside a photo of Netanyahu against a backdrop of a stock market chart. (illustration)

Tanking stocks and risk of global recession: What do you need to know about Trump's tariffs?

By EVE YOUNG , REUTERS

Market Data

Antisemitism / BDS

Screenshots from the anti-police dossier disseminated by NSJP on its telegram channel.

Anti-Israel students use Telegram to learn violent police obstruction

Screenshot from the video of protesters interrupting and forcing Fabrice Balanche to leave a lecture at Lyon-2 university

'Zionist, terrorist': Pro-Palestinian mob forces French prof. out of lecture

By MATHILDA HELLER

Hundreds holding Palestinian and Lebanese flags march from Place de Neuve during a demonstration against Israeli attacks on Gaza and Lebanon on October 19, 2024, in Geneva, Switzerland.

Antisemitic incidents increased by 90% in French-speaking Switzerland in 2024

By ARIELA OHRENSTEIN

A protestor confronts Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman during an event highlighting Microsoft Copilot agents, the company's AI tool, on April 4, 2025 in Redmond, Washington.

'You're a war profiteer': Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupt Microsoft anniversary event

By MICHAEL STARR

An illustrative image of pro-Palestinian protesters in front of Microsoft.

'Genocide is not a game:' BDS calls on gamers to boycott Xbox, Microsoft

By MICHAEL STARR

Middle East

(L-R) Mohammed Deif, Yahya Sinwar, and Ali Khamenei over a backdrop of a secret document between Iran and Hamas.

Katz unveils intercepted document connecting Iran to Hamas Oct. 7 invasion

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Qatar’s contradictions: Islamist terror ties and Western military alliances

By NEVILLE TELLER

‘No deep state and no dictatorship,’ Herzog says contrary to Netanyahu claims

By ELIAV BREUER

IDF operates overnight in West Bank, April 7, 2025.

Israeli forces arrest 15 Palestinians in overnight West Bank raid

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A masked Palestinian teenager throws a stone at Israelis; Illustrative.

IDF shoots at Palestinian rioters in West Bank, killing one dual US citizen

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF , REUTERS

World News

A Human Rights Watch flag is pictured on the Mont-Blanc bridge in Geneva, Switzerland, November 7, 2024.

HRW decries German proposal to revoke citizenship of antisemites, terror supporters

By MICHAEL STARR

(L-R) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever over a backdrop of the ICC.

Belgian PM says he would ignore Netanyahu arrest warrant, cites 'realpolitik'

By MATHILDA HELLER

(Illustrative) Exiled former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad flees on a Syrian plane after rebel forces took over Damascus, December 8, 2024.

Russia rejects Syrian request to hand over former regime leader Assad

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (R) in Washington, April 7, 2025.

Netanyahu, US trade officials meet to 'resolve issues' with Trump tariffs

By AMICHAI STEIN , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Anti-Israel demonstration at Harvard University. Time for the local Jewish community and Jewish Harvard alumni to show our strength

Anti-Israel activists seek to sue Columbia University, allege student persecution

By MICHAEL STARR

Environment & Climate Change

An illustrative image of wildfires caused by climate change.

Climate crisis hits women hardest, Tel Aviv conference reveals

By ARIELA OHRENSTEIN

Footage captured by diver Menashe Pinhas.

Eilat dive reveals rare Yago shark species, surprising the diving world

Wood Owl and 11 lizards found in latest wildlife rescue operations

Wood owl, 11 lizards found in latest wildlife rescue operations

AT LEAST 29 people were killed, more than 200,000 people were forced to evacuate, and over 16,000 structures were destroyed or damaged. The economic toll from the fires is estimated at over $250 billion. Here, an aerial view of homes destroyed in the Palisades Fire is seen in March.

How losing homes in LA wildfires re-traumatized Jews who escaped Iran

By TABBY REFAEL

Matanyahu Englman (R), Isaac Herzog, and Dr. Dov Khenin speak at the Climate Forum meeting at the president's residence in Jerusaelm, April 3, 2025.

Israel will face massive climate disasters this summer, Herzog warns

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

JPost Spotlight

Families of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, attend a protest calling for their release, outside the PM's residence in Jerusalem. Today marks a year and a half after the October 7 massacre. April 7, 2025.

Hostage families demonstrate at ministers' homes to mark year and a half since Oct. 7

The protest activity began at 6:29 a.m., the same time that Hamas terrorists breached Israel's border and attacked.

The mayors of Tel Aviv and Berlin, Ron Huldai and Kai Wegner

'Perfect match': Tel Aviv and Berlin are now twin cities

Huldai added that the sisterhood of the two cities would help strengthen ties through "shared values, historical responsibility, and a commitment to a better future for the next generations."

President Isaac Herzog and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama

Herzog awards Albanian PM Presidential Medal of Honor

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama was honored for his unwavering stance against antisemitism and refusal to 'yield to international pressure,' calling the group the Nazis of the new century.

An illustrative image of, from left: US President Donald Trump, Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, set to a backdrop of cracked US and Israeli flags.

When the opposition becomes the enemy: How the US, Israel are failing at democracy

Consent of the governed comes at the ballot box, but effective governance depends on the support of ALL the people. Democracy will hold only if the opposition can be successful in this effort.

Israel Real Estate

"Utopia" Project, Sde Dov Tel Aviv-Yafo

30 years in tower construction: Nachmias Group conquers Tel Aviv

By IN COOPERATION WITH NACHMIAS GROUP

Illustration: Pisgat Ramot neighborhood

The IDF Is moving South – and Beersheba prepares with a variety of housing options

By THE BEERSHEBA MUNICIPALITY & THE CONSTRUCTION , HOUSING

Taubel Complex, Neighborhood G in Beersheba.

New street and rental apartments for service members in Beersheba

By WALLA/REALESTATE

Tzur Shalom Renewal Project, Kiryat Bialik

From suburbs to towers: Kiryat Bialik's old neighborhood transforms

By OFER PETERSBURG

The "Kinneret City" project in Tiberias, Av-Gad Ltd

First permit granted: Ambitious project on Kinneret shores begins

By OFER PETERSBURG

Christian World

Pope Francis gestures during his first public appearance in five weeks, on the day of his discharge from Gemelli Hospital, in Rome, Italy, March 23, 2025.

Pope Francis was so close to death, doctors considered ending treatment

The pope's official nurse pleaded with doctors to ensure that they did not stop his treatment despite significant risks.

istoric St Mary’s City, Town Center, St Mary’s County, Maryland.

After 300 Years, Maryland's 1667 brick chapel reopens to the public

On April 12, Maryland’s Historic St. Mary's City will open the doors of its reconstructed Brick Chapel.

MIKE HUCKABEE speaks during a ceremony marking the construction of a new housing complex in Efrat, in 2018.

The World Zionist Congress and the Christian bogeyman

The active participation of Bible-believing gentiles in the Zionist project is not only politically expedient, it is part and parcel of the way the redemption of Israel is meant to play out.

American Jews and their supporters participate in the March for Israel in Washington, DC, earlier this month.

Trauma is universal, persecution of the Jews is inexcusable

Israel is not a political issue; Israel is a Biblical issue - because this is God's nation, and the Jewish people are His people.

Health & Wellness

PROF. URI ALON: Over the course of three years, we examined data on Israeli Jews and Arabs, ultra-Orthodox (haredi) and Bedouin women who give birth to large children.

New Israeli comprehensive study examines massive physiological load of childbirth

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

An illustrative image of a man with luggage at an airport as a flight takes off.

Fighting cancer: How a hospital stay at Hadassah feels like an international flight

PEOPLE IN THE center of the country take shelter during an air raid siren after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel last year.

High levels of anxiety after last year’s Iranian drone, missile attack

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Sperm tubes are placed in bank to store genetic code, reproduction clones.

Suspected fertility mix-up leads father to learn he isn't daughter's biological parent

By AVIHAI CHIIM

(Left to right): Prof. Asaf Madi, Prof. Roded Sharan & PhD student Ron Sheinin.

TAU develops AI tool to decode cell responses to cancer treatments

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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Ivrit magazine

Read Israel news in easy Hebrew with Ivrit

The Ivrit magazine is for people with basic reading abilities in Hebrew who want to improve their knowledge of the language.

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The International Jerusalem Post, a weekly digest, publishes the best of the Jerusalem Post's news for the readers abroad.

MDA Heroes

MDA paramedic officers get out of an ambulance a man to the Shaare Zedek Medical Center emergency and trauma care who was moderately injured when stabbed in a terrorist attack by the Neve Daniel junction, near Jerusalem on March 31, 2022.

MDA hero: We’re here for each and every person who is sick or injured

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

MDA’s Joint National Command Center on October 7

'The country was burning, and I was watching it happen'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Conferences

The Jerusalem Post’s Women Leaders Summit 2025

Leading Israel’s Future: The Jerusalem Post’s Women Leaders Summit 2025

The Maariv and Walla 2025 Economic Conference

Senior Government and Business Leaders to attend Maariv-Walla Economic Conference

Archaeology

Ancient 'Hunger Games'? Brutal youth sacrifice rituals found in Bronze Age Turkey.

Ancient 'Hunger Games'? Brutal youth sacrifice rituals found in Bronze Age Turkey

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

View of the main entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Old City of Jerusalem.

New archaeological evidence could confirm the Church of the Holy Sepulchre as Jesus' crucifixion an

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Aliyah

NEW RUSSIAN-SPEAKING olim celebrate Independence Day in the Jerusalem Hills this past year.

Wars on two fronts: Russian-speaking olim on making aliyah during wartime

By LINDA PARDES FRIEDBURG

Nikita Ben Ami is seen playing Japanese Taiko drums.

Nikita Ben Ami: An unexpected Zionist's journey from Uzbekistan to Israel

By ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN

Diaspora

ILLUSTRATION: Abitsam Mohamed and Yuan Yang, Ben-Gurion Airport

Two British MPs denied entry to Israel due to 'intention to spread hate speech'

By MATHILDA HELLER

Muslim protesters pray outside the main campus of Columbia University during a demonstration to denounce the immigration arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist who helped lead protests against Israel at the university, in New York City, US, March 14, 2025.

Mahmoud Khalil: Columbia U. 'reminiscent' of Assad regime, 'manufactured' antisemitism 'hysteria'

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Judaism

Sderot children visit the people who helped them in the aftermath of Oct. 7.

The Passover mindset: From chametz to freedom

By SIVAN RAHAV MEIR

The slogan ‘Bring them home now,’ in Tel Aviv last week: May we soon enact the slogan of the past 18 months, ‘Bring Them Home NOW!’ – from Gaza, New York, London, and all over the world, the writer declares.

Passover and the Gaza hostages: The coded message of redemption

Food

IDO LEWINSOHN, Master of Wine, owner-winemaker of Lewinsohn Winery.

From garage to greatness: The rise of Israel's Lewinsohn Winery

By ADAM MONTEFIORE

Salon Yevani

Salon Yevani: Greeks bearing gifts in Herzliya - review

By GLORIA DEUTSCH

Culture

LIAT HARLEV and Eyal Kitzis win for ‘Eretz Nehederet.'

The hostages were not forgotten at Israel’s television awards

By HANNAH BROWN

Head coach Todd Golden of the Florida Gators looks on during the first half of a game against the Auburn Tigers, Feb. 10, 2024, in Gainesville, Florida.

Only Jewish coach left: Todd Golden leads Florida into NCAA title clash vs Houston

By BEN SALES/JTA

Travel

A VIEW of the sprawling Ein Gedi Kibbutz Hotel.

Ein Gedi hotel transformed for younger travelers and families

THE SIX SENSES Shaharut blends into the landscape in a unique way.

A night at the Six Senses Shaharut: Where you could live like the 'White Lotus' actors

By LINDA GRADSTEIN

Podcasts

Elliot Jager and Calev Ben-David on The Jerusalem Dispatch Podcast.

Where priorities lie: Israel's largest-ever budget clogged by political patronage

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Tamar Uriel-Beeri (L) and Sarah Ben-Nun are seen recording The Jerusalem Post Podcast, on April 2, 2025.

Netanyahu trial and Qatargate: The legal storms raging through Israel today

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

US Politics

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a joint press conference in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 4, 2025.

Netanyahu's US visit: From Biden's cold shoulder to Trump's open door

THE US CAPITOL BUILDING in Washington: The first order of business should be the old business which Congress failed to finish last year; Congress and the Trump administration need to be more aggressive in addressing antisemitism, states the writer.

Congress members push to strengthen Abraham Accords

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

History

THE HEBREW University of Jerusalem opens, 1925.

This week in Jewish history: Birth of Hebrew University

By STEVEN DRUCKER

THE AMSTERDAM trams played a crucial role in transporting the city’s Jews to the death camps.

'Lost City': A look at the trains of Amsterdam that sent off Jews during the Holocaust

Science

15 Million year old fish fossil with preserved stomach contents.

Scientists discover new 15 million-year old fish with last meal fossilized inside its stomach

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Aloe vera (illustrative).

Aloe vera can be used to help cultured meat production, Israeli scientists find

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Finance

Illustrative photo of Israeli money

Doing business in Israel: How to make money and keep most of it

Vesey Ventures founders Lindsay Fitzgerald, Dana Eli-Lorch, Julia Huang.

Vesey Ventures launches $78m fund, highlighting power of well-connected investor team

OMG

An aerial view of the damaged coast of Indira Point, India's southern most point, 600 km (about 375 miles) south of [Port Blair], in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago March 1, 2005.

American tourist arrested after delivering Diet Coke to deadly, uncontacted tribe

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Prof Josef Hanna demonstrates the process he and his team of scientists used to develop models of early-stage human embryos without using an egg, sperm or womb, offering a glimpse into the first weeks of embryonic development, in a laboratory at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel S

Authorities investigate after Thai women held prisoner on human egg surrogacy farm

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

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Children of reservists from Sderot enjoying pizza.

Meir Panim preps for Passover amidst an ongoing conflict

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